These are two very important characteristics that we as maturing adults and college students need in order to take care of ourselves not only in college but in everyday life as well. New lancer day forces you to practice and perfect these important traits by giving you an agenda and making it your responsibility to follow it. Another important trait needed and used during New Lancer Days is citizen leadership. I believe Kami, our peer mentor is a perfect example of a citizen leader. She took the time out of her college schedule to become a peer mentor and teach us how to be good citizen leaders. Many of the presentations such as the bystander presentation and the soundtrack presentation speak about being a good citizen leader. For example, when it spoke about asking someone to sit with you at lunch, I personally took that example to heart. I thought how awful and scary it would feel to sit alone and feel alone. Therefore, every time I go to lunch or dinner in the dining hall and I see someone sitting alone I always invite them to sit with my friends and I. This payed off for me when after asking a girl to sit with us she hugged me, teared up, and told me how much it meant to
These are two very important characteristics that we as maturing adults and college students need in order to take care of ourselves not only in college but in everyday life as well. New lancer day forces you to practice and perfect these important traits by giving you an agenda and making it your responsibility to follow it. Another important trait needed and used during New Lancer Days is citizen leadership. I believe Kami, our peer mentor is a perfect example of a citizen leader. She took the time out of her college schedule to become a peer mentor and teach us how to be good citizen leaders. Many of the presentations such as the bystander presentation and the soundtrack presentation speak about being a good citizen leader. For example, when it spoke about asking someone to sit with you at lunch, I personally took that example to heart. I thought how awful and scary it would feel to sit alone and feel alone. Therefore, every time I go to lunch or dinner in the dining hall and I see someone sitting alone I always invite them to sit with my friends and I. This payed off for me when after asking a girl to sit with us she hugged me, teared up, and told me how much it meant to